Upper Level Day 53 Flashcards
Sepulchre
noun
Definition: a place of burial
Synonym: grave, tomb
Antonym:
Sentence: The sepulchre was the resting place of a well-known general.
Solecism
noun
Definition: violation of the grammatical or other accepted usages of language
Synonym: blunder, error
Antonym: accuracy, certainty
Sentence: The English teacher was constantly irked by the solecism of her students’ papers.
Dissenter
noun
Definition: a person who thinks differently
Synonym: rebel
Antonym:
Sentence: The church considered him a dissenter because of his radical ideas.
Machismo
noun
Definition: manliness, especially when aggressive or assertive in nature Synonym: masculinity, manliness
Antonym:
Sentence: His machismo was all for show.
Palaver
noun
Definition: smooth, persuading talk
Synonym: flattery, chatter
Antonym:
Sentence: His palaver convinced her to go to the party with him.
Oleaginous
adjective
Definition: having the nature or properties of oil
Synonym: oily, fatty
Antonym:
Sentence: The substance was oleaginous.
Invective
adjective
Definition: a violent attack in words
Synonym: tirade, denunciation
Antonym: praise, exculpation
Sentence: The politician’s invective towards his opponent was quite a spectacle.
Subterraneous
adjective
Definition: underground
Synonym:
Antonym:
Sentence: Subterraneous Paris is famous for its catacombs.
Ritualist
noun
Definition: person who practices a ritual (system of formal procedures)
Synonym:
Antonym:
Sentence: Performing the same routines every day, his coworkers began
Enunciation
noun
Definition: articulation
Synonym: elocution, fluency
with the enunciation of his words.
Sentence: Because the child had a speech impediment, he had dificully
Exaction
noun
Definition: a requiring of much
Synonym: demand, command Antonym:
Sentence: The government’s exaction of large taxes weighed heavily upon the people.
Caprice
Noun
Definition: sudden change of mind without reason
Synonym: whim, impulse
Antonym: constancy, steadfastness
Sentence: She was prone to caprice, so no one was surprised by her decision to elope.
Valorize
Verb
Definition: to assign a value to
Synonym:
Antonym:
Sentence: The police officer was valorized as a hero after his death in the line of duty.
Glabrous
Adjective
Definition: without hair or down
Synonym: bald, hairless
Antonym:
Sentence: His head was glabrous because he shaved it.
Megalomania
Definition: mental disorder marked by delusions of great personal power or importance
Synonym: egoism, arrogance
Antonym: humility, selflessness
Sentence: People were turned away from him because of his megalomania
Spelunker
Definition: a person who explores and maps caves as a hobby
Synonym:
Antonym:
Sentence: The man took several weeks off work to explore his interests as a spelunker.
Concernment
Definition: importance
Synonym: interest, magnitude
Antonym: unimportant, trivial
Sentence: The concernment of the game was that it could win the entire
season.
Portentous
Definition: indicating evil to come
Synonym: foreboding. ominous
Antonym:
Sentence: The nightmares she had seemed to be portentous.
Supercilious
Definition: haughty, proud, and contemptuous
Synonym: arrogant, cocky
Antonym: humble, modest
Sentence: Her supercilious attitude did not easily make her friends.
Resonance
Definition: the quality of giving back sound
Synonym: echo, reverberation Antonym:
Sentence: The resonance of his voice in the small room created a strange effect.
Commutation
Noun
Definition: an exchange
Synonym: substitution, interchange
Antonym:
Sentence: He received a commutation on his sentence.
Occlusion
Noun
Definition: being shut in or shut off
Synonym: closure, barrier
Antonym: opening
Sentence: His occlusion from the outside world was entirely by choice.
Melancholy
Noun
Definition: condition of sadness or low spirits
Synonym: depression, gloom
Antonym: happiness, joy
Sentence: Her melancholy was because of the recent death in her family.
Horologe
Noun
Definition: any device which indicates time, like a clock
Synonym: watch, timepiece
Antonym:
Sentence: He inherited his grandfather’s horologe.
Peonage
Definition: practice of holding persons to work off debts
Synonym: servitude, bondage
Antonym:
Sentence: The man held the servant in peonage for his debts.
Homologous
Definition: corresponding in position, proportions, values, structures, etc.
Synonym: alike, corresponding
Antonym:
Sentence: The homes in the neighborhood were all homologous in structure.
Hallmark
Definition: any distinguishing feature
Synonym: trademark, indicator
Antonym:
Sentence: The hallmark of the company was its customer service.
Cohesive
Definition: tending to hold together
Synonym: united, adhesive
Antonym: detached, divided
Sentence: All of her ideas came together into one cohesive plan.
Evocation
Definition: a calling forth
Synonym: invocation, conjuration
Antonym:
Sentence: The witch attempted to create a curse through an evocation of the devil.
Geminate
Definition: make double or go in pairs
Synonym: binary, couple
Antonym:
Sentence: The leaves of the plant grew in a geminate pattern.
